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Panoramic photo of the road out to Herring Cove Beach (formerly New Beach) showing the tidal...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

Three postcard photos of 'the turn' or Lancy's Corner in the west end on Commercial St. between...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Tremont Street, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

Photo of Commercial St. in the west end after a snowstorm, December 30, 1954. Two articles about...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

Black and white night photo of artist John Dowd's house with enormous American flag, intersection...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Franklin Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Tremont Street, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

This is a collection of photographs taken by photographer John R. Smith who was born in 1859 and...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Photo

Subjects: Airships, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Atlantic Fisherman, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Dedication Services, Docks, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fires, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freemasons, Gosnold Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Highland Light, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Military history, Mooring of ships, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Seamen's Bank, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, United States. Life-Saving Service, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Smith, John R., Business, Masonic Place (Provincetown, Mass.), and Ryder Street (Provincetown, Mass.)